Geography notes(7th grade INC.)
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| LOCATION, What is absolute location? | A latitude and longitude (global location) or a street address(Local location.
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| LOCATION, What is relative location? | Describe by land marks, time direction or distance from one place to another.
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| PLACE, What is the human characteristics of a place? | The main languages, customs, and beliefs. How many people live,work, and visit a place.
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| PLACE, What is the physical characteristics of a place? | Land forms(mountains, rivers,etc.) climate vegetation,wildlife,soil, etc.
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| HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION, How do humans and the environmental affect each other? | WE DEPEND, MODIFY, AND WE ADAPT TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
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| MOVEMENT, How are people,goods,ideas moved from place to place? | Human Movement which is Trucks, Trains, and planes etc.
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| MOVEMENT, What is idea movement? | TV, Radio, Magazines
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| REGIONS, what is formal regions? | Regions defined by governmental or administrative boundaries.
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| REGIONS,What is functional regions? | Regions defined by a function(newspaper service area, cell phone coverage area)
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| REGIONS, What is vernacular regions? | Regions defined by peoples perception(middle east,the south, redneck)
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| What is latitude? | lines that are paralleled. The equator is O degrees line of latitude.
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| What is longitude? | lines that cross and they start at 0 degrees and goes all the way around to 360 degrees.
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| What is the prime meridian | A 0 degree line of latitude that splits east and west.
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| What is the International Dateline? | This line starts the new day.This line is zig zag not straight and its 180 degrees!
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| What are Hemispheres? | By using the equator and prime meridian, we can divide the world into 4 hemispheres north, south, east and west.
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| What is a compass? | A compass is a tool that helps the user know what direction one is headed. A compass rose on a map helps the user locate these directions. Compass Rose gives Cardinal directions.
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| What is a Scale? | Maps are made to scale; that is, there is a direct connection between a unit of measurement on the map and the actual distance.
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| What is a map legend? | The legend is the key to unlocking the secrets of a map. Objects or colors in the legend represent something on the map.
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